ARLAN is New Zealand’s premier animal law organisation. Made up of more than 100 legal professionals from around the country, ARLAN works to promote and protect the interests of those who cannot speak for themselves. ARLAN campaigns and launches legal actions aimed to improve the law relating to animals and win them the legal protections they deserve. 

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Whether you are a lawyer, law student or simply a concerned member of the who cares passionately about animals, we need your help. Your membership fees and donations will go towards instituting legal challenges and enable us to launch the law reform initiatives required to ensure that the lives and interests of animals are recognised and protected within New Zealand’s legal system.


All members receive an annual subscription to our newsletter, The ARLAN Report (distributed via email), and are eligible for discounts to attend ARLAN seminars and events. 


If you are a lawyer or law student now is the time to get actively involved and use your legal expertise to help animals. Whether you are free to do a little, or a lot, we need you. And please, if you have friends or colleagues that you think would be interested in ARLAN and our activities – spread the word.

 

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ARLAN members receive a subscription to our newsletter, The ARLAN Report(distributed via email), as well as discounts to ARLAN functions and events.

 

ARLAN has three membership options available:

Full Membership: Professional

Available to legal professionals based in New Zealand i.e. solicitors, law lecturers, judges.

 

 

Full Membership: Law Student

Law students may also join ARLAN as full members - and at a discounted rate of just $20! ARLAN runs a specific email list for our student members. The aim of the list is to promote discussion about animal law issues and to ensure our student members receive information about animal law conferences, animal law courses, scholarships and job opportunities.

 

 

Supporting Member

Supporting membership is available to any member of the public who supports ARLAN and our goals and would like to be kept updated about our activities as well as animal law news and events from around the world. 

 

 


 

Volunteering for ARLAN

ARLAN is an entirely non profit animal advocacy organisation. As such, we rely heavily on our network of volunteers. Because our projects are legal in nature, to volunteer with ARLAN you must be a legal professional or law student.

 

What do ARLAN volunteers do?


- Assist with legal advice on animal law related matters

- Conduct legal research 

- Help with the writing and production ofThe ARLAN Report  

- Work on ARLAN campaigns and initiatives

 

ARLAN understands that many of our members are incredibly busy people - that’s why it’s up to you how much you take on. ARLAN operates a volunteer list, contacting our volunteers whenever we need help on an issue. Some of our members sit on permanent committees or are involved in ongoing projects, others  simply respond as and when they are able on an issue by issue basis.     

 

If you let us know what issues interest you most and what area of law you specialise in we can contact you whenever something relevant comes up. Animal law issues arise in many areas, so whatever area you work in, whether it be: criminal, family, environmental/RMA, local government, litigation, trusts and wills, commercial... we need you!   

 

 

   

 
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